The Wrong Target

Play date

After Mrs Parkerston paired us up and explained the project work into details the bell rung signifying the end of first period, so Nathaniel decided to meet me after school at my house since he practically lives a couple of houses down the road from mine.

And right now i'm practically freaking out since I've never been in a room with a guy I hardly know.
20 minutes ago I decided to wear jeans and a baggy top but ended up wearing shorts and one of Malik's shirts which reached my knees covering my shorts since Malik is 5 inches taller than me.

After 15 minutes of waiting for Nathaniel to arrive since he's late I decided to go to the kitchen to have a snack, keyword people snack. I ended up making tuna casserole. So here I am at 2 in the afternoon sitting on my sofa in my room whilst watching TV eating a big bowl of casserole while drinking red bull, I hear the doorbell ringing but ignore it knowing  Malik will get it.

"Didn't know you were such a pig, princess"said an unknown voice as I was about to put the spoon in my mouth causing me to pause midway.

I put the spoon back and looked up to see Nathaniel in my doorway

"Well you took your time"I said

"Awww couldn't wait to see me could ya"he replied with a smirk

"Technically Nathaniel as you can see I moved on"I said whilst gesturing to my food and TV

"First of all call me Nate, Nathaniel sounds weird "he shuddered "and second of all, nice choice of clothing I'm loving them legs.And last of all I didn't come all this way for you to tell me you have moved on so pack up piggy and let's get to work"he order whilst clapping his hand in my face

"Boyyyyy did you just call me fat? "I asked in a low threatening tone daring him to say yes.

"Urrmm..... Well..... Uhhh... No.... I mean noooo never,  why would I?  phessh, you're not fat you're practically anorexic....yh..... I mean no.... Gaahh..  Well I meant skinny but you get the gist right?" He rumbled whilst rubbing behind his neck

"Ohh shut up, I'm just messing with you, let's get to work" I say whilst putting my leftovers on the coffee table.

I then reposition the couch so that its facing my bed and tell Nate to sit on it whilst I then retrieve the camera I bought today and then fix it up on its stand. I then proceed to grab my book from my desk and plop on my bed.

"So I will ask you a couple of questions you answer then it will be my turn"I say whilst turning the camera on

"What's your full name and how old are you? "I ask prepared to jot down his answer

"Nathaniel van Curry and i'm 16" he states

Where were you born "I ask

"I was born on the streets in Virginia cause my mom's  car broke down and no one was there to help, then my mom delivered me there and died in the process so someone took me to the hospital because I had lost a lot of blood and couldn't breath properly, after a couple of days I was taken to an orphanage and when I turned 5  Mr and Mrs Curry adopted me and here I am today"he said with a serious expression

"Oh "was all I could say "I didn't know"I whispered to myself though I knew he heard me.

"Nah its alright, this is about getting to know each other so we gotta be truthful won't we? "He replied with a nonchalant shrug

"So what was your name before? "I asked

"North west" he replied with a serious face

I began laughing so hard I could hardly breath

"A..nd you sa...id Na..ttthaniel was weird" I said in between laughs. 

I tried to sober up but made the mistake of looking at his face it was red but was hidden behind his hands whilst he began groaning which made me laugh extra. soon I fell off my bed with a thud and began sobering up. I then wiped all the tears on my face and sat on my bed after mumbling an apology to Nate.

"Can we move on now"he asked somewhat annoyed and amused.

"Yh sorry, so what do your parents do? " I asked. This was what i'm here for so I sit up and listen attentively

"Uh, they export and import stuff, I don't know what those things are though but they are mostly never at home and I hardly talk to them so Yh."he replied with nonchalant shrug. 

Well that was a waste, I thought.
Unless he's lying and doesn't want to tell me the truth. I began stroking my chin and kept humming a hmmmmm as I thought of ways to get the truth outta Na-my train of thoughts were  abruptly put to an end as Nate was frantically waving his hand in my face to get my attention.

"What!"I asked whilst slapping his hand away.

"You zoned out for 5 minutes, what were you thinking about? "He  asked me whilst taking a seat on my bed next to me.

"Uhh, its late I think you should go home" I said, feeling exhausted since I have to find other ways in getting my information.

"Uhh okay tomorrow them? "He asked

"Absolutely " I said with a smile

As he was walking out with a bag over his shoulder, wait when did he bring that?  He turned and asked,

"Hey there's this party happening tomorrow at Sam's house you should totally come"

"Uhh I don't know, I'll think about it, besides I don't know where Sam lives. " I said.

He turned around and said"I'll pick you don't worry."and left.

As he left I plopped down on my bed ad began thinking.  what if Nate doesn't really know what are coming and going or what if he has been learning how to lie or yet still- ahhhhhhhhh, I need a break, time to prank Malik.

I got up and took my casserole to the kitchen and put it in the fridge then grabbed a coke and opened it up and put five mints inside them, I then trudged up to Malik's room and began shaking it. Then I knocked on his door, he opened it with a wide smile till he saw my face.

I began crying and speaking incoherently, I then gave Malik the coke indicating him to open it for me since I began crying harder and he immediately opened it and the coke exploded in his face I began laughing so hard whilst he just stood there with his eyes shut, we were like this for five minutes till Malik slowly opened his eyes.

"You just started a war you can't end Nika"he said slowly with a murderous eye and immediately shut the door in my face

Oh well at least I got him, I mentally said. I then trudged to my room and prepared for bed, I wore soft cotton pants and a tank top and immediately crashed on my bed.That night I dreamt about Nate, I was crying about something and he was whispering sweetness nothings into my ear whilst rubbing my back in a soothing manner.

Then everything became blurry and I soon found myself in an unfamiliar room I got up a looked around but the room was empty and there was no door so I sat in a conner, hugged my knees to my chest and shut my eyes and when I opened them I say my mom on the bed in a hospital, I got up slowly and walked up to her.

"Mom"I whispered

"Honey, ohh honey I missed you"she replied

"Wait how........what........when... Wait you are dead, you're supposed to be dead "I shouted and began crying then everything  became blurry and I soon found myself going down in a spiral of darkness.